Gothamist: Find Another Weather Forecast

KIM

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:19:32 -0500

I WENT TO SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY FROM 1974-1978. FOR TWO YEARS I LIVED UP ON THE HILL, AND HAD A VIEW OF THE MONY TOWER FROM MY DORM ROOM WINDOW. WE WOULD CHECK THE FLASHING LIGHTS AND STAR EVERY DAY TO SEE WHAT THE WEATHER WOULD BE LIKE. YOUR WEBSITE BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES!!!

natis

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:33:06 -0500

And remember for the Hancock building, flashing red in the summer means the red sox game was cancelled. I never hated a baseball team until I moved to Boston. Red Sox fans are worse than the team they root for. Nice Kenmore Square riots.

BF

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:44:32 -0500

I live across the street from the MONY building and I check the temperature on it every morning as I get ready for work...by sticking my head out the window and looking up. I love it. But I never knew about the direction of the lights until now...

noah

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:34:52 -0500

I remember when the tower lights were just installed (late 80s?) and they had folks on the street handing out wallet-sized cards on how to read the sign. If you've got to hand out instructions on how to read a gigantic public installation visible for a mile or two...that's not a sign of success in your design tasks.

KP

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:21:30 -0500

Okay, someone else confirmed that the Biography billboard used to be Hitachi. But what was it before that? It's killing me!!!

Billy Budapest

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:00:00 -0500

In the spirit of celebrating the Red Sox’s miraculous ALCS comeback (woohoo!), how about a superior weather beacon rhyme, from the old Hancock Tower in Boston: Solid blue, clear view Flashing blue, clouds due Solid red, rain ahead Flashing red, snow instead Accurate, but habitually late. I remember being in Copley Square during rainstorms, with the beacon still showing blue. 10 minutes into the storm, it would finally switch to red.

joe

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:56:07 -0500

I remember that rhyme! My parents would never fail to point out the weather lights on top of the MONY tower on those rare occasions when we'd drive into the big city (Syracuse). Tommy James himself entertainingly tells the "Mony Mony" story on the Aug 7, 2002 edition of Jonesville Station on WFMU.